Comparison

Number Munchers vs Fraction Challenge

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Number Munchers

Navigate a grid, eating correct numbers and equations while avoiding enemies. This classic game challenges your math skills with various level types and increasing difficulty.

Highlights
  • Eat correct numbers and equations
  • Avoid Troggles and other enemies
  • Multiple level types (Multiples, Factors, Primes, Equality, Inequality)
  • Increasing difficulty levels
  • Interactive grid movement
  • Score points and aim for the Hall of Fame
Features
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Welcome to the game of eating numbers and equations while avoiding being eaten yourself! This classic game is now available for your enjoyment on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Just like the old-school game you used to play but now blended with some new twists! You'll enjoy it as much as you did back in the day and now you can pass along the fun you used to have to your kids. They probably wouldn't be caught dead using the original hardware this ran on! Your hero is Muncher. You'll be directing his movements and eating habits while on your quest. Your objective is to eat the correct numbers or equations based on the heading of the level you are on. But be warned: there are creatures out there called Troggles that will get in your way! You may remember some of those shady characters: Reggies, Helpers, Bashfuls, Workers, and Smarties. Without the hardware of your Apple ][ handy, you now move around the grid by touching a box. To eat the contents of a box, double touch it. Since you are no longer restricted to moving one box at a time, you must learn how Muncher moves to be successful at avoiding Troggles! For every correct answer you eat, you receive points. Once you have eaten all of the correct answers you will move onto the next level. You will lose one of your Munchers if an incorrect answer is eaten or you cross paths with a Troggle. The game is over when you are out of lives. You can briefly keep yourself safe from Troggles while inside of the roaming 'safe box'. After every three levels you can sit back and watch a short, classic movie of Muncher taking care of business. When your game is over, you may be fortunate enough to have made it into the world-wide hall of fame! There are five basic types of levels for you to play: - Multiples: only eat multiples of the given number. - Factors: only eat factors of the given number. - Primes: only eat prime numbers. - Equality: only eat equations that are equal to the given number. - Inequality: only eat equations that are NOT equal to the given number. You may also play all types together in series or in random order. As you progress in each type the difficulty increases. There are 250 distinct levels awaiting you! Varying levels of difficulty are available to challenge your math skills. Also, as the difficulty goes up, more troggles will come after you and you will have fewer spare Munchers on hand. The harder you make it the more points you will receive per eaten correct answer. Have fun!

About

Fraction Challenge

Engage in fun math games designed to teach and reinforce fraction operations. Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions through interactive challenges. Compete with friends in multiplayer mode to boost mental calculation skills.

Highlights
  • Fraction representation
  • Addition and subtraction of fractions
  • Equivalent fractions
  • Fraction reduction
  • Multiplication and division of fractions
  • Multiplayer mode
Features
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Learn to do operations with fractions with this fun app. Here you will find a lot of educational games of mental calculation to learn and reinforce mathematical concepts, such as the representation of fractions, addition and subtraction with the same and different denominator, multiplication and division of fractions, equivalent fractions and reduction of fractional numbers. ENJOY THE MULTIPLAYER MODE! With this educational game you can play alone or in company, as it features a multiplayer mode. Challenge your classmate and become the fastest one in arithmetics, solving the different mathematical activities. BECOME THE KING OR QUEEN OF ARITHMETICS AND MENTAL CALCULATION! With just a few minutes a day you can improve your math level and beat your own records. THE IMPORTANCE OF FRACTIONS IN OUR DAILY ROUTINE Fractions are not only used as a concept in the subject of mathematics for children; they are necessary in order to perform various actions of daily life. For example: when buying food, it is normal to go to the supermarket and order ½ kilogram of apples. Measuring ingredients in the kitchen, buying fabrics or many other everyday things are solved with fractional numbers. EDUCATIONAL GOALS - Representation of fractions. - Addition and subtraction of fractions with a common denominator. - Equivalent fractions. - Fraction reduction. - Multiplying and dividing fractional numbers COMPANY: Didactoons Games SL Recommended age: For primary and secondary school children, 7 to 16 years old. Theme: Multiplayer game to learn arithmetic and mental calculation. CONTACT We want to know your opinion! Please share with your questions, technical problems, suggestions and everything you want with us. Write to us via our contact form: https://www.didactoons.com/contact/

Screenshots

Number Munchers4 screens
Fraction Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fraction Challenge at 70% against Number Munchers's 19%. Fraction Challenge also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (4.5 vs 3.2). Number Munchers's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#65 vs unranked). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Fraction Challenge is free to download; Number Munchers costs $1.99 up front. Fraction Challenge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Number Munchers asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fraction Challenge holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fraction Challenge has 1.5K ratings behind it against 190, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of Number Munchers's written reviews are positive against 70% of Fraction Challenge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Number Munchers ships an update every 23 months, Fraction Challenge every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Number Munchers versus Fraction Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumber MunchersFraction Challenge
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.2 (190 ratings)4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.5% of reviews70.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1901.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#65 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS5.1.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMotivCodeDidactoons Games SL

Customer experience

Number Munchers

All ratings190 ratings
Positive48.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative41.1%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive18.5%
Neutral12.3%
Negative69.1%

Fraction Challenge

All ratings1,491 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral4.7%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive70.1%
Neutral6.0%
Negative23.9%

User reviews

Number Munchers

From 190 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Nostalgic game experience
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Great for kids
  • 🧠 Educational value
  • ✨ Fun and engaging gameplay

Room to improve

  • 💥 Frequent crashes
  • 🚫 Game does not work
  • 💸 Not worth the money
  • ⏳ Outdated and unplayable
  • 🐌 Slow or unresponsive controls

Fraction Challenge

From 1.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helps with learning fractions
  • 🚀 Fun and engaging game
  • 💡 Good for practicing and preparing for tests
  • 👍 Competitive and challenging

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes or doesn't open
  • 🕰️ Timer is too fast
  • 💰 Not free to play

Bugs and requests

Number Munchers

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Crashes after a few levels (often 3 or 4)
  • Game shuts down after videos/cutscenes
  • Cannot select numbers
  • Double-tap control is too fast/unresponsive
  • App closes after level clear
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  • Game doesn't work past a certain level
  • Trackpad/mouse not working
  • Game closes after specific level milestones (e.g., multiples of 3 or 4)
  • Auto-progression glitching
  • Level won't clear even after munching correct numbers
  • Muncher stops working after walking into a troggle
  • Cannot move to next level automatically
  • Game doesn't download correctly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add addition and subtraction modes
  • Make a Word Muncher game
  • Add more levels
  • Fix cutscene glitches
  • Add cutscenes back

Fraction Challenge

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • Login issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to remove timer or increase time
  • More game modes (e.g., divided fractions, add/subtract fractions, multiply)
  • No battery required to play

In-app purchases

None

Number Munchers

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Fraction Challenge

One-time1
  • Get the Full version$1.99

Questions

Is Number Munchers free?
Number Munchers costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fraction Challenge free?
Fraction Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Number Munchers or Fraction Challenge?
Fraction Challenge is rated higher. Number Munchers averages 3.2 out of 5 from 190 ratings, while Fraction Challenge averages 4.5 from 1.5K ratings.
Do Number Munchers or Fraction Challenge have ads?
Neither Number Munchers nor Fraction Challenge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Number Munchers or Fraction Challenge?
Number Munchers ships an update every 23 months, and Fraction Challenge every 2 months. Most recently, Number Munchers was updated on October 23, 2026 and Fraction Challenge on October 24, 2026.

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